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NO live sheep will be exported from Australia to the Middle East in the northern hemisphere's summer, due to an industry moratorium on the controversial trade...

SEE the winners and losers of this year's Fame and Shame Awards, the 14th annual highlighting of "junk food" marketing while celebrating those promoting a healthy lifestyle to kids...

Vibrant competition is absolutely essential in order for a capitalist economic system to function effectively.  Unfortunately, in the United States today we are witnessing the...

This story is absolutely amazing.  Like so many others, actor Kevin Sorbo and his wife were forced to evacuate from their home during the recent California wildfires, and once they...

From The 3:59 show: Hulu reportedly plans to introduce “pause ads” next year

If you have a newer TV, chances are it's smoothing out your movies in a way that makes them look like daytime TV.

by David Swanson Writer, Dandelion Salad Let’s Try Democracy, June 17, 2018 December 4, 2018 Murder Incorporated is a three-book series by Mumia Abu Jamal and Stephen Vittoria...

with Caleb Maupin Writer, Dandelion Salad Caleb Maupin (website) Caleb Maupin (Facebook Page) December 3, 2018 “It’s a word that gets thrown around a lot and I think it’s a word...

Stocks aren’t supposed to crash in December.  Most of the time we see a nice “Santa Claus rally” to close out the year, and so what happened on Tuesday is definitely extremely...

Optimism can be a very powerful thing.  For a long time Americans believed that things would get better, and that caused them to take action to make things better, and that actually...

The long anticipated Second US-China Diplomatic and Security Dialogue has come and gone and there with no apparent progress on

In a recent peace conference in Moscow, Taliban representatives from their office in Qatar sat in front of the Russian

Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Each passing day on our planet is increasingly best described as groundhog day in a global asylum. The more ominous the horizon becomes...

The main domestic intelligence agency of the Czech Republic has accused Russia of “the most serious wave of cyberespionage” to target the country in recent years...

The director of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service —known as MI6— has outlined the parameters of a new, “fourth generation of espionage”, which he said is needed to...

          SERIOUSLY?  Okay, here’s what has happened now.  I stopped in to visit an old friend who’s in an Alzheimer’s care facility. In the LDS Church we are assigned...

          I get it; everyone loves St. Bob. But why does this focus group have to include our cat, Simon? We got that wingnut out of a box of free kittens and he turned out to be a Chartreux...

Pindostan and NATO have put an ultimatum to Russia Colonel Cassad, Dec 4 2018 The State Dept officially announced that if Russia does not recognize its violations and will not eliminate...

According to Michael Weiss, the editor, RFE/RL took over The Interpreter at the end of 2015. I guess Colonel Cassad never got the memo – RB Why the Russian media provide a platform...

Maggie White is Senior Manager - International. Policies, Swedish Water House The post Watering the Paris Agreement at COP24 appeared first on Inter Press Service...

IPS correspondent Jamila Akweley Okertchiri interviews DR. HANS FRIEDERICH, Director General of the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR)The post Q&A: Creating...

We know there’s hostility between our two political parties with conflict that’s beyond the pale, but the GOP has really gone over the top in finding ways to steal elections from...

Thirty years ago at The Philadelphia Inquirer, in the early autumn of 1988, I was handed my first assignment as a political writer. The presidential candidates, Vice President George...

For many immigrants affected by the Trump administration’s travel ban, the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, a library straddling the US-Canada border, has become an unlikely...

After an all-night legislative session marked by raucous debate, Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled legislature voted on Wednesday morning to limit the power of the state’s...

Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee https://bit.ly/2KOncym [JEC website] Climate change already has hurt the U.S. economy and is expected to do even more damage in the years...

Natural Capital Finance Alliance https://encore.naturalcapital.finance/ ENCORE (Exploring Natural Capital Opportunities, Risks and Exposure) is a tool to help users better...

It has already gone far enough that the American population is so divided and mutually hostile that there is no restraint by "the American people" on government and the elite oligarchs...

Julian Assange is not guilty of any crime. But Washington is going to convict him anyway. Documents are being fabricated to show that Assange met inside the Ecuadoran Embassy in London...

The man who allegedly reverse-engineered UFOs is the subject of a new documentary about his time at Area 51. Widely attributed with bringing the secre...

Scientists have suggested that most of the universe may be made up of a 'dark fluid' with a negative mass. The precise nature of dark matter and dark...

Extremely cold temperatures took over parts of Iceland and brought with itself huge amounts of snow. Snowfall was registered in many parts of the country, including capital Reykjavik...

Meteorologist Dr. Harold Brooks appeared on AMHQ recently, speaking about Tornado Alley and his recent study about spatial trends in United States tornado frequency. While it's...

Adenovirus refers to a cluster of viruses -- more than 50 known strains -- that most commonly infect the respiratory system. Each strain may bring about a different set of symptoms...

Pexion (imepitoin tablets), just approved by the Food and Drug Administration, is for dogs scared by loud noises such as fireworks, street/traffic racket, and gun shots...

Bush: Icon of WASP Establishment, and Third World Repression ; Harvard Economist on Ranked-Choice Voting ...and More Picks 12/5 The post Longest-Serving US Congressman Wants to...

Democrats netted 40 seats in this year’s midterms, but the “blue wave” didn’t crest everywhere. In heavily gerrymandered states, such as North Carolina and Ohio, Democratic...